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Michael Carrera Leads Gamecocks to 77-74 OT Win Over Ole Miss

South Carolina Gamecocks forward Michael Carrera led his team to a 77-74 overtime victory over the Mississippi Rebels on Tuesday night. The 24th-ranked Gamecocks rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half of the game to beat the Rebels.

MICHAEL CARRERA LEADS GAMECOCKS TO 77-74 OT WIN OVER OLE MISS

Carrera scored the game-tying layup with 43 seconds left in regulation and the basket that put the Gamecocks up for good in overtime. He scored 19 points, 17 of which came in the second half. Laimonas Chatkevicius added 17 and 10 rebounds. In overtime, Carrera also made the most important play of the game by hitting a layup while getting fouled, and then converting the free throw to give USC a 75-72 lead with 29.3 seconds left.

“We needed a big win like this one,” Carrera said. “We stayed together. We lose together, we win together and that’s how we’ve been doing it the whole season.”

USC (17-1, 4-1 SEC) won its second SEC road game of the season. It hasn’t won three SEC road games in a year since 2008-09. The Gamecocks’ 17th win of the season matched their win total of all last year. Ole Miss (12-6, 2-4) has lost three straight games. Stefan Moody led the team with 24 points while Anthony Perez added 16.

Carrera also made 6-of-8 shots from the field, as well as 7-of-8 free throws and got nine rebounds.

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USC will next face off against Tennessee on Saturday.

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